A Course In Miracles Lesson 90

A Course In Miracles wants us to understand that we do not really understand the nature of a given problem in our lives.  We think we understand what is causing a difficult situation.  But we are mistaken.  The fact that there is continued tension and conflict is proof that we are not aware of some other aspect at play in the difficult situation.  We do not really understand the problem we are in.

We do not really know what is going wrong even if we think we do know.  Knowing this helps us listen more carefully and receive unexpected insight.  If the problem persists, a blind spot in our understanding is the cause.  This lesson is asking that we remember how much our perspective is limited.  We do not have awareness of the whole situation.  We only have awareness of what we want and need.  

Every conflict we find ourselves in is part of a larger context.  Every situation we are in is always larger than we think it is.  Because we are not aware of the larger context, every problem we have in life is always a problem of perception.  The solution to every problem is a shift in our perception of what we think is going on.

We have not been excluded even if it feels like we have.  Even if they literally slammed a door in our face, we have not really been hurt or deprived of anything that is truly ours.  What we think is ours may not line up with what really is ours.  Our problems in this world come from an error in what we think this world is.  This world is not what we think it is.  Reality has become obscured when we are in anger or frustration.  

Whenever we set out to solve a problem, we are really setting out to address our thoughts about the issue.  We may not have sufficient information to be able to change our thoughts about someone or something and that lack of information causes a frustration and sense of powerlessness.

The answer in such times is to reconnect to a larger context.  The truth is, we are never powerless.  We are part of Power, Itself.  Whatever we think has happened to diminish us has not happened the way we think it has.  We are mistaken.  We have not really been diminished.  

I am not capable of fixing problems in this world because I am always only one aspect in a much larger context.  But what I am capable of is the ability to ask for help out of a painful perspective.  Recognizing the nature of the problem, and how it is actually beyond my ability to solve on my own, it the beginning of solving the problem.  I must first put aside all the inaccurate notions of what I think is needed to solve the problem, and ask a more informed resource to guide me out of the issue.  The ability to solve a problem is really the ability to allow it to be solved for me. 

Invite solutions into any tense situation today and then put aside all other ideas of how to fix things.  Let all actions be guided by a quality of ease rather than frustration or fear. Whatever what has gone wrong, there is no problem too large for Grace to navigate out of.